Over the course of his long career of covering major league baseball, numerous players, managers, umpires, and games, as well as unexpected and humorous events on and off the field, have made lasting impressions on John Kuenster. This is a selection of essays Kuenster wrote for "Warm Up Tossess," the Baseball Digest column since he has written every month since he became editor of Baseball Digest in 1969. He shares his opinions and insights on managers in columns like "Casey Stengel Was One of a Kind" and "George Anderson Still 'Sparky' When Talking Baseball;" history in "President Kennedy, No Stranger to Baseball" and "Baseball's Brightest and Darkest Moments of 1900s;" pitchers in "Here's a Vote for Whitey Ford" and "Complete-Game Pitchers, A Disappearing Breed in the Majors;" umpires in "Umps, Love 'em or Not, They're Vital to the Game;" infielders in "What Eddie Murray Needs Is a Flashy Nickname" and "Third Basemen, Crucial to Winning but Often Overlooked;" outfielders in "Please, No 'Soft Pitches' for Hank Aaron" and "Barry Bonds Had a Season for the Ages;" and catchers in "Many Catchers Struggling through Learning Process."
Also included are some of Kuenster's columns about scouts and coaches, team executives, hitting, baseball in general, teams, ball parks, the World Series, humor, and Hall of Famers.
- ISBN10 0786415592
- ISBN13 9780786415595
- Publish Date 1 August 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English